vim freezes when using pymode autocomplete

[IOAyman]

Vim freezes for like 10 seconds when I press CTRL+Space or when using on_dot_completion + The CPU usage gets 100% too!

And when the dot if finally printed, the cursor gets positioned before it and I get no list displaying the possible auto-completion methodes!

Using Linux Mint 16 x64

Output of $ vim --version

 VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Aug 12 2013 00:23:19)
Modified by pkg-vim-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
Compiled by buildd@
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic          +file_in_path    +mouse_sgr       +tag_binary
+autocmd         +find_in_path    -mouse_sysmouse  +tag_old_static
-balloon_eval    +float           +mouse_urxvt     -tag_any_white
-browse          +folding         +mouse_xterm     -tcl
++builtin_terms  -footer          +multi_byte      +terminfo
+byte_offset     +fork()          +multi_lang      +termresponse
+cindent         +gettext         -mzscheme        +textobjects
-clientserver    -hangul_input    +netbeans_intg   +title
-clipboard       +iconv           +path_extra      -toolbar
+cmdline_compl   +insert_expand   -perl            +user_commands
+cmdline_hist    +jumplist        +persistent_undo +vertsplit
+cmdline_info    +keymap          +postscript      +virtualedit
+comments        +langmap         +printer         +visual
+conceal         +libcall         +profile         +visualextra
+cryptv          +linebreak       +python          +viminfo
+cscope          +lispindent      -python3         +vreplace
+cursorbind      +listcmds        +quickfix        +wildignore
+cursorshape     +localmap        +reltime         +wildmenu
+dialog_con      -lua             +rightleft       +windows
+diff            +menu            -ruby            +writebackup
+digraphs        +mksession       +scrollbind      -X11
-dnd             +modify_fname    +signs           -xfontset
-ebcdic          +mouse           +smartindent     -xim
+emacs_tags      -mouseshape      -sniff           -xsmp
+eval            +mouse_dec       +startuptime     -xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra        +mouse_gpm       +statusline      -xterm_save
+extra_search    -mouse_jsbterm   -sun_workshop    
+farsi           +mouse_netterm   +syntax          
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1      
Linking: gcc   -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed -o vim        -lm -ltinfo -lnsl  -lselinux  -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl    -L/usr/lib/python2.7/config-x86_64-linux-gnu -lpython2.7 -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm -Xlinker -export-dynamic -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions

Output of :PymodeTroubleshooting

Pymode diagnostic
===================
VIM:704, OS: Linux, multi_byte:1, pymode: 0.7.8b, python: python


VIM python paths:
-----------------
/home/linuxer/.vim/bundle/python-mode/pymode/libs/pylama/lint/pylama_pylint
/home/linuxer/.vim/bundle/python-mode/pymode/libs2
/home/linuxer/.vim/bundle/python-mode/pymode/libs
/home/linuxer/.virtualenvs/learningTwitter/lib/python2.7/site-packages
/home/linuxer/.vim/bundle/python-mode
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools-1.4.2-py2.7.egg
/usr/lib/python2.7
/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/newrelic-2.10.1.9
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PILcompat
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntu-sso-client
_vim_path_

Pymode variables:
-------------------
let pymode = 1
let pymode_breakpoint = 1
let pymode_breakpoint_bind = '<Leader>b'
let pymode_doc = 1
let pymode_doc_bind = 'K'
let pymode_folding = 1
let pymode_indent = 1
let pymode_lint = 1
let pymode_lint_checkers = ['pyflakes', 'pep8', 'mccabe']
let pymode_lint_cwindow = 1
let pymode_lint_ignore = ''
let pymode_lint_message = 1
let pymode_lint_on_fly = 1
let pymode_lint_on_write = 1
let pymode_lint_select = ''
let pymode_lint_signs = 1
let pymode_motion = 1
let pymode_options = 1
let pymode_paths = []
let pymode_quickfix_maxheight = 6
let pymode_quickfix_minheight = 3
let pymode_rope = 1
let pymode_run = 1
let pymode_run_bind = '<leader>r'
let pymode_trim_whitespaces = 1
let pymode_virtualenv = 1
let pymode_virtualenv_enabled = '/home/linuxer/.virtualenvs/learningTwitter'
let pymode_virtualenv_path = '/home/linuxer/.virtualenvs/learningTwitter'

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[smeggingsmegger]

This is probably a duplicate of: #342 See that issue for a workaround.

[IOAyman]

Thank you.

fixed by let g:pymode_rope_lookup_project = 0

[wesleybowman]

Putting let g:pymode_rope_lookup_project = 0 in my .vimrc.local doesn't work for me, nor does typing it into the specific file. This makes it impossible to code. Please help.

I fixed it by deleting the .ropeproject/ folder from my home directory. Still lags a bit, but doesn't completely make vim unuseable.

[ssssam]

I hit this issue after using python-mode (Which is otherwise awesome!). First time I typed a dot after a module name, Vim froze while apparently doing a stat of every single file in my home directory.

It was enough for me to put:

let g:pymode_rope = 0

in my .vimrc. Setting g:pymode_rope_lookup_project=0 wasn't enough.

I suggest making g:pymode_rope default to 0 until this issue is fixed or worked around.

[wesleybowman]

I would recommend deleting ~/.ropeproject/ I haven't had the issue since then.

[sc68cal]

👍 for this fix, I already had the following in my vimrc, but was experiencing this freeze:

let g:pymode_rope_lookup_project = 0
let g:pymode_rope_complete_on_dot = 0

Changing to

@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ filetype plugin indent on
 " Python preferences
 let g:pymode_rope_lookup_project = 0
 let g:pymode_rope_complete_on_dot = 0
+let g:pymode_rope = 0

Solved the freezing issue.

[thatnerdjosh]

Any updates on this? It seems that this disables autocomplete

[MadWombat]

I am having this issue as well. Any word?

[fmv1992]

I'm still have the same issues...

let g:pymode_rope_lookup_project = 0
let g:pymode_rope_complete_on_dot = 0
let g:pymode_rope = 0

this is a workaround but disables autocompletion.

[cmtatro]

I know this is going to sound weird and probably not helpful, but I seem to run into the same issue and 99% of the time it has to do with syntax highlighting working on the files that are being parsed for autocompletion. I have no idea how to write a vim script to shut off syntax highlighting before autocomplete then turn it back on after. But performance wise, It's an estimated 5 mins to .5 secs difference between autocomplete with syntax vs autocomplete without.

Can you try turning off syntax highlighting and trying the autocomplete again.

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[stale]

Closed due to inactivity.

[sentientmachine]

I got this error, This is from the YouCompleteMe plugin fighting with me rolling my own pythoncomplete.vim scripts. Disable YouCompleteMe and the error goes away.